"The armored transport units have arrived at the outskirts of the town."
As French Army approached, Serena also reported to everyone present like an announcer:
"The infantry of the two regiments left their vehicles and prepared to cooperate with the armored units to start the attack, and the aerial fire support units also arrived over the town.
At 9:45 on Atlantic Time, French Army officially goes to war with Alien Forces."
As he spoke, Serena's pupils continued to emit blue light, and multiple real-time videos were displayed in the sky above the 3D map.
The content of these videos is that Serena selected infantrymen from the front line and connected them to each other's helmets Individual Camera, so that everyone on the bridge could also see the local battle situation.
Just look at one of the army infantry with the rank of sergeant, leading his infantry platoon, following a personnel carrier equipped with a large amount of reactive armor, and entered the street from that part of the town first.
By this time, the dust and fog caused by the falling 'meteorite' had long since dissipated, but the roads and buildings on both sides of the roads were badly damaged, and the bodies of townspeople were everywhere.
At this point, the fact that Alien Forces declared war on humanity has been completely confirmed.
As the infantry platoon continued to deepen, the sergeant and the army infantrymen he belonged to, as well as everyone on the bridge of the Infinity, witnessed the true appearance of alien creatures for the first time.
Humanoid.
But their skin or appearance seems to be covered with a hard shell, and even judging from the reflection in the sun, some look like a metal shell.
Their arms, limbs and backs also have sharp spikes that look like metal.
A meeting between humans and alien creatures resulted in a firefight.
"Free fire! Squads 3, 4, and 5 go up! Squads 1, 2, and 2 will follow me to cover the armored vehicles!"
In Individual Camera's video, the sergeant yelled orders in French.
As for why everyone in the bridge can 'understand' it, it's because Serena has automatically translated it and presented the subtitles below the video.
"Yes!"
Upon hearing the sergeant's order, a group of army infantry recruited from France also roared in response.
And through the sergeant's Individual Camera, we can see that the army's equipment has been significantly upgraded compared to Yuri's equipment during the rebellion.
The armor installed on Mechanical Skeleton has been increased a lot, the helmet style is also closer to that of Marine Corps, and all the 'old' M41A Pulse Rifle in hand have been replaced with M41C models.
The M41C has more stable ballistics, faster muzzle speed, and good stability.
Each platoon has two equipped with M62 Smart Machine Gun, which greatly increases the firepower output of the infantry platoon.
"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"
Pulse Rifle's unique gunshot was transmitted to the bridge through the holographic screen.
"Boom-! Boom-!"
When Caseless Explosive Rounds hit those alien creatures, it exploded instantly, but the effect was somewhat unsatisfactory.
If Xenos and humans are hit by Caseless Explosive Rounds, the consequences will be extremely bloody and cruel.
It usually takes several shots to kill a Xenos, but a human without protective gear will suffer death or disability from one shot.
But Caseless Explosive Rounds only blocks the progress of these alien creatures. Unless it is hit by several people's firepower, it will completely lose its combat capability.
What made everyone present even more numb was the extremely fast speed of these alien creatures.
The army infantry in Individual Camera, even with the auxiliary shooting function of Personal Computer and Mechanical Skeleton, still cannot effectively lock on the opponent.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Fortunately, the armored vehicle's chain-type 30mm Gauss Cannon played a certain role in supporting the infantry platoon with continuous firepower.
However, it only eased for a moment before a large number of alien creatures rushed into the infantry lines.
"Puff! Puff!"
"Ah!"
"Um..."
The alien creatures that rushed between the infantry used the spikes on their bodies to easily pierce the armor and bodies of the army infantry.
Moreover, the spikes seem to be able to extend and shorten at will according to their wishes, making them extremely effective melee 'creatures'.
What refreshed the understanding of everyone on the bridge was that the arms of the alien creature at the rear began to 'deform'.
It's like liquid metal like T-1000 or T-X, but it's not as smooth as when liquid metal deforms. It's more like they change the structure of their arms like clay.
A few seconds later...
"Whoosh~! Whoosh~!"
"Boom-! Boom-!"
The alien creatures actually also have long-range firepower output.
Those alien creatures with deformed arms stood in the distance and provided long-range fire attacks to the alien creatures in melee combat, shooting densely packed cannonballs emitting orange light.
When it hits the ground or an armored vehicle, it will explode twice like Caseless Explosive Rounds.
If an ordinary infantryman is hit by a shot, his body will explode instantly, and he will not be able to even scream.
"Retreat! Retreat... ~--!"
Realizing that the situation was almost at a disadvantage, the sergeant immediately issued an order to retreat.
But before the roar was over, an orange cannonball hit the lens of Individual Camera. The orange light became more and more dazzling and closer, and finally the signal of Individual Camera was lost.
It seems that the French sergeant who ordered the retreat without receiving orders from his superiors should have died from the artillery fire of alien creatures.
See the situation.
William immediately said to Serena, "Tell the commander of the French Army to order the troops to retreat immediately! This situation is not something that the UNSC can handle."
"Yes."
While William was talking, Serena had already contacted the French commander.
A few seconds later, the UNSC troops marked with green lights on the 3D map also began to retreat in an orderly manner.
However, the alien creature marked by the red light actually launched a pursuit counterattack when French Army began to retreat.
And the alien creatures are obviously powerful enough to completely engulf the UNSC Army, which has only 30,000 people, but they seem to be deliberately 'catching up'.
Or they intentionally kept a certain distance and took this opportunity to quickly spread to the forests, mountains, villages and towns in central and southern France.
What makes the faces of everyone on the bridge become more solemn is that the number of red light marks is increasing, which means that Alien Forces has some kind of rapid reproduction ability.
"Fake!" Seeing this situation, Mylon couldn't help but cursed:
"These alien beasts are very clever at planning. They bite our people and prevent us from carrying out large-scale bombings and orbital attacks.
What a naughty person!"
"..."
After hearing Mylon's analysis, William, John, Karl and Serena all showed expressions of surprise, but they soon returned to normal.
After all, they are used to Mylon being naive at ordinary times, but at critical moments he can say a few useful words again.
"That's right." Serena also said in a deep voice:
"According to the alien's action pattern, we cannot carry out large-scale bombing, or drop Tactical Hydrogen Bomb."